The repetition of simple geometric shapes forms a daily part of our environment. Throughout the 20th century – and into the 21st – typefaces whose designs have taken advantage of this have remained popular. But finding exactly the right mood can be tricky. For your convenience, we have grouped some of our favorite geometric typefaces (mostly sans serif and symbol) into four categories: circles, squares, ovals, and triangles.
Introduction
Prolific! Perhaps this is the best word to describe the life and work of Morris Fuller Benton. The creator of over 200 types for ATF, Benton left his mark on 20th Century design. His faces would spread across the globe, and dozens are still in use today.
Las originales sans cuadradas, redibujadas: Bank Gothic y Morris Sans
Bank Gothic fue un tipo de letra publicado en 1930 por la American Type Founders (ATF). Morris Fuller Benton, Diseñador jefe de ATF, creó la familia. ATF Bank Gothic fue una familia de cinco tipos: ligero, medio, negrita, condensado ligero y condensado medio. Se fundían en metal para la composición manual. Se usaron durante décadas (ver imag. 1).
Morris Fuller Benton – born 30. 11. 1872 in Milwaukee, USA, died 30. 6. 1948 in Morristown, USA – engineer, type designer.
After training as a mechanic and engineer, Benton jointed the ATF, where he became type designer and in-house designer with ATF.
Fonts: Benton developed over 200 alphabets, all of which were published by ATF, including Century roman (with Theodor Low de Vinne, 1885), Mariage (1901), Alternate Gothic (1903), Franklin Gothic (1903–12), Cheltenham® (1904), Clearface®
[...]Dan Reynolds es un ingeniero de tipos de letra y especialista tipográfico en Linotype GmbH en Bad Homburg, Alemania. Nació en Baltimore y decidió convertirse en un diseñador de fuentes en su primera visita a Mainz. Por las tardes lleva a cabo actividades tales como ayudar a organizar el Offenbach Typostammtisch (que co-fundó en 2004), moderar Typophile.com y contribuir en Slanted, una revista alemana de tipografía. Dan es miembro de ATypI (Asociación Internacional de Tipografía) y posee una
[...]Not your grandmother’ s medieval type ... meet the “American” Gothic fonts!
A breed of no-nonsense typefaces, called “Gothics” in the United States, have been serving as heavy hitters in financial services, business, and newspaper sectors since the late 19th Century. Gothic typefaces – not to be confused with Blackletter typefaces, which look “gothic” in a scary, medieval sort of way – are American sans serifs. Their forms are designed to solve
[...]Fuentes Sans Serif
